Adam Shaw

A UPI foreign correspondent for UPI in France, West Africa, Belgium and Italy, Adam Shaw returned to America during Watergate as a reporter for the Washington Post. He then wrote SOUND OF IMPACT «The Legacy of TWA # 514.» His first aviation job was instructing aerobatics tailwheel training at the University of North Dakota. A consultant pilot and Programs Manager for SABRELINER on their EFS (Enhanced Flight Screener) program flying a SIA Marchetti SF-260E, he then worked for Jim Bede on the BD10 project. Moving south, he then taught at Mudry Aviation, of “French Connection” fame. Years later, back in Europe, he co-founded CAPTENS, a formation airshow demo team. An FAA CFII, and EASA aerobatic instructor, he teaches in a CAP 10B/K and a Super Cub.

Today, in formation, we climb out of Annecy and make for the Alps through the Col des Aravis. This kind of flying is like a jam session, a music of angles and relative positions. You know your buddy knows… It’s a kind of magic made possible by experience and trust. The rocks below glide by as though in deep slow motion.

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